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Originally posted by cjevans:
Hawaii has interstate highways.

Simples. Interstate Highway is a nomenclature given to a strip of road that is to be converted to a runway during an emergency or time of war.

About 70% or so cannot have any overhead power lines, fiber optics, or anything that could obstruct aircraft landing or during takeoff.

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Originally posted by .38supersig:

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Originally posted by cjevans:
Hawaii has interstate highways.

Simples. Interstate Highway is a nomenclature given to a strip of road that is to be converted to a runway during an emergency or time of war.

About 70% or so cannot have any overhead power lines, fiber optics, or anything that could obstruct aircraft landing or during takeoff.

I have read that that is a myth. (Don't ask me where, because I don't remember.) ETA: see link below.

The Interstate National Defense Highway System was designed and implemented to facilitate movement of troops and their equipment during times of conflict on our shores or for staging for shipment to a conflict zone. ETA: This is another myth--the main reason was just to facilitate better transportation throughout the nation, and improve highway safety.

Here is a link to a page of the Federal Highway Administration that addresses that and a number of other myths/questions about the Interstates: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/inter...emyths.cfm#question5.

flashguy

Why are bees kept in an apiary, but apes are kept in a bestiary?

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. If people evolve from monkeys, why are monkeys still around?

It’s like this. You go shopping and buy new clothes. When you get home, why are there still old clothes in your closet?

There is nothing that requires that a species must go extinct. Humans and apes share a common ancestor. Apes have evolved to suit their environment. No, they never will evolve into humans.

If doing something Half assed is bad,

Which is good, Doing something Fully assed or No assed?

Why is the letter W, in English, called double U?

Shouldn't it be called double V?

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Check your Latin alphabet history

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Originally posted by flashguy:
I have read that that is a myth...

flashguy

Looks like I was mythinformed

When I order a jumbo shrimp I’m really confused if they are a big shrimp, or a little jumbo.

What is the difference between 'partly sunny' and 'partly cloudy'?

As I heard it, H-3 on Oahu (the Traffic Isle) was built specifically to allow Marines from Kaneohe to transport their military equipment quickly to Pearl Harbor if needed.

The Kaiser Hospital on Oahu is on Red HIll; underneath are billions of gallons of bunker fuel for ships, and probably other military fuel stores as well. Military didn’t want to risk the Japs remembering to hit the fuel tanks the next time around.

But now I’m succumbing to the temptation to answer what were clearly rhetorical questions....

My history is pretty sketchy here, but let’s try this theory -

The US interstate system was starter by Eisenhower (?) based, to a degree, on what he saw in Germany, the Autobahn. One of the reasons for the Autobahn was to move troops and equipment quickly and efficiently to any part of the Reich. Had things worked out according to plan, that would have included all of Europe.

Why is all mayonnaise labeled "real mayonnaise?" Is there such a thing as fake mayonnaise?

Why is the plural of goose "geese," but the plural of moose is still "moose?"

Why do they call it a near miss when it is a near hit?

Thanks for getting the thread back on track.

Why is the "laughter" in manslaughter pronounced differently than the "laughter" of laughter?
Answer: Because there is no longer laughter, after the man was slaughtered.

Why is the price of DOWN, UP.?

The body is 98 degrees but 98 degrees outside air temp feels hot.

Why is the current temperature and weather conditions given....at the Airport?

Who lives at the Airport?

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Originally posted by az4783054:
What is the difference between 'partly sunny' and 'partly cloudy'?

This one is easy:

partly sunny == mostly cloudy
partly cloudy == mostly sunny

Has to do with the % of cloud cover.

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Originally posted by GWbiker:
Why is the current temperature and weather conditions given....at the Airport?

Who lives at the Airport?

Because weather is very important in aviation, so a lot of accurate equipment is there. Plus a lot of people know where a major airport is, so it works for a good reference point.